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4 years

Here's a photo of Kevin Greeson - the 55-year-old Athens, Alabama, man who died of a "medical emergency" during the unrest in Washington yesterday - posted on Parler last month w/ the caption "I wish these motherfuckers would come to my hood!"

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An Alabama sheriff personally pocketed more than $750k of public funds allocated to feeding inmates over the past 3 yrs. In September, he bought this $740k beach house. My latest for @reckonalabama

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45 years ago, Perman Hardy was a sharecropper who picked cotton after school on the white man's land where her family lived. Yesterday, she personally drove 50+ voters to polls in Lowndes County, Alabama, which helped @GDouglasJones win the #ALSen race

How a former sharecropper in an SUV helped drive Doug Jones to victory in Alabama's Black Belt

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Crowd of hundreds here in Mountain Brook sitting on the ground in the hot Alabama sun, silently covering their masked mouths with their hands in remembrance of George Floyd

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John Lewis’ casket was just taken from the historic Brown Chapel AME Church here in Selma and placed onto a horse-drawn carriage, which will now carry his body one last time across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, where Lewis was infamously beaten in 1965.

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This a.m., AL Sec. of State John Merrill told @WarOnDumb he didn't have an affair w/ Cesaire McPherson. I then obtained explicit audio of them discussing their sexual history. We played it for Merrill & he apologized & said he won't run for office in '22.

Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill admits affair, won’t run for U.S. Senate: ‘There’s no...

Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill on Wednesday afternoon told AL.com that he had “an inappropriate relationship” with a 44-year-old woman and will not make an anticipated run for the U.S....

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A very personal couple of tweets: I quit drinking two months ago today. I wasn’t going to share about it, but I feel like it’s worth putting out there given how many people I’ve spoken with recently who’ve told me that they’re struggling with alcohol.

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Greeson appeared to identify with the Proud Boys and he repeatedly posted and amplified Proud Boys content on his Parler account.

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Raw video: Man wearing Roy Moore sticker physically attacked a cameraman attempting to film Moore's arrival outside campaign rally a few minutes ago here in Henagar, Alabama. Another man w/ Moore sticker verbally assaulted a second cameraman.

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Here's my full story on Perman Hardy, the Alabama woman who achieved a level of Twitter fame yesterday for driving voters to the polls in the Black Belt

How a former sharecropper in an SUV helped drive Doug Jones to victory in Alabama's Black Belt

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Here in rural Heiberger, Alabama, at one of the smallest polling places I’ve personally ever been to, there’ve been ~90 voters so far, up from the usual 50, says polling inspector Franco Crocker (pictured): “We have a good turnout. I’m working here for the community, the country”

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I'm working on a story about Greeson, Lonnie Zoffman (of Falkville, AL) and others who traveled from the South to D.C. to participate in yesterday's unrest. My DMs are open, please reach out if you have any leads you'd like to share or if you knew Greeson or know someone who did.

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And he repeatedly wrote violent messages on his Parler account, including multiple posts calling for violence and one in which he seemingly hoped for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to die.

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He also seems to have been a diehard Trump supporter, making and sharing a number of Parler posts (called "Parleys" btw) criticizing other Republicans who he didn't see as loyal enough to the president.

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Betty Boynton was 15 when she was beaten on the Edmund Pettus Bridge as she marched behind John Lewis in 1965. Here she is describing the terror of that bloody day to me just now. Lewis’ body is here in Selma today and will be crossing the bridge one final time later this morning

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I've got some big news. I've accepted a position as an investigative & enterprise reporter for the @latimes . I'll be starting later this month and my family and I will be moving to Los Angeles once I find an apartment. I'm incredibly excited and grateful for this opportunity. 1/3

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The Washington Post published a glowing profile of Kevin Greeson, the AL man who died of a heart attack at yesterday's unrest in D.C. Doesn't mention his posts advocating violence, hoping for Pelosi to die & supporting Proud Boys. (H/t @KendraWrites for flagging the WaPo story.)

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Here's a photo of Kevin Greeson - the 55-year-old Athens, Alabama, man who died of a "medical emergency" during the unrest in Washington yesterday - posted on Parler last month w/ the caption "I wish these motherfuckers would come to my hood!"

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Julia Harris, 84, has served as a poll worker at the Beloit polling station for >15 years. “We’re really excited that this many ppl turned out here today,” she said. “We had 95 so far & we usually get 60 or 70. We’re a very small community. The community all came out & voted.”

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Greeson's family has released the following statement, along with this photo:

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BREAKING: I obtained a 263-page internal Alabama Department of Corrections COVID-19 planning document dated 4/1 that outlines systemic shortfalls & anticipates widespread infection, 185 inmate deaths & National Guard intervention. My latest for @aldotcom

Alabama prison system’s COVID-19 plan: Infections, deaths, Guard intervention

Alabama’s prisons are underprepared to prevent and manage the spread of COVID-19, prompting a worst-case scenario plan that could call on the National Guard to work in the prisons should the virus...

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Big thank you to @maddow for featuring one of my photos from the protest in Mountain Brook today on her show tonight 🙌

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@EconDonFreeman @jonbecker_ As someone who worked as a Starbucks barista for years, I feel qualified to declare this fact. Most people who order Frappuccinos really just want milkshakes. Which is basically what Frappuccinos are anyways

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CONFIRMED: the man who grabbed the camera is Tony Goolsby, DeKalb County coordinator for Roy Moore's campaign. He organized tonight's rally.

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Raw video: Man wearing Roy Moore sticker physically attacked a cameraman attempting to film Moore's arrival outside campaign rally a few minutes ago here in Henagar, Alabama. Another man w/ Moore sticker verbally assaulted a second cameraman.

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Quite a large turnout (at least 250 people, probably more) for today’s protest here in Mountain Brook, the wealthiest town in Alabama (median household income: ~$129k/yr) and one of the whitest (~97% white)

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A bit of positivity: I just witnessed a 20-yr-old changing his mind & getting his 1st COVID shot here in Montgomery, Alabama. AUM student Rasiel Rowe planned to just tag along as his mom got vaxxed. But, as he put it, “I might as well get it. It’s such a fast, easy process here.”

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CONFIRMED: the man who grabbed the videographer's camera is Tony Goolsby, DeKalb County coordinator for Moore's campaign. He organized tonight's rally.

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Perman Hardy of the tiny rural town of Collirene is spending the day driving Lowndes County, Alabama voters who don't have their own vehicles to the polls: "We're in an epidemic poverty county so it's so important for us to vote today."

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As Florida set a daily record for COVID deaths yesterday, a sheriff there prohibited his deputies from wearing masks to work: "This is no longer a debate nor is it up for discussion ... my orders will be followed or my actions will be swift to address.”

‘This is no longer a debate’: Florida sheriff bans deputies, visitors from wearing masks

Florida set a new record with 217 covid-19 deaths on Tuesday, while Marion County also set its own record for daily deaths with 13.

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5 years

My latest story is out this a.m.: How sheriffs in Alabama (and 24 other states) are increasingly releasing inmates in medical crisis from jail just before they’re hospitalized, leaving them w/ big medical bills & often rearresting them once they’re better

These Sheriffs Release Sick Inmates to Avoid Paying Their Hospital Bills

Inmates suffering heart attacks, on the verge of diabetic comas and brutalized in jail beatings have been released so sheriffs wouldn’t have to pay for their medical care. Some were rearrested once...

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I’m reporting tonight for @latimes from inside the pro-Palestine encampment at UCLA. Most outsiders including media currently being kept out by both protesters and police. Follow this thread for updates.

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In Alabama, some inmates are being billed for necessary health care while they’re incarcerated. And the bills sometimes go to collections while they remain in jail. Experts say the practice is likely unconstitutional. My latest for @propublica & @aldotcom

How Some Sheriffs Force Their Inmates Into Medical Debt

Sheriffs in multiple Alabama counties refuse to pay for some of their jail inmates’ health care needs. The inmates are personally billed, and their bills can end up with collection agencies while...

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ICYMI, I published a story yesterday about an Alabama county where people are jailed for weeks or months over unpaid court debts. My inquiries about the practice led to one man being freed from jail last week and a county policy change. A thread. 1/16

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My first story for @propublica ’s Local Reporting Network reveals that sheriffs across Alabama who lost re-election bids last year took extreme steps to undermine their successors, from pocketing office funds to destroying public property

Wasted Funds, Destroyed Property: How Sheriffs Undermined Their Successors After Losing Reelection

Alabama sheriffs who lost reelection in 2018 personally pocketed funds and deleted public records, an investigation by AL.com and ProPublica found. Holes were drilled through government-issued...

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Sheriffs across Alabama told me their predecessors took steps after losing 2018 reelection bids that undermined their offices & harmed the public, from destroying public property & wasting funds to pocketing public $. A breakdown of the allegations: 1/X

Wasted Funds, Destroyed Property: How Sheriffs Undermined Their Successors After Losing Reelection

Alabama sheriffs who lost reelection in 2018 personally pocketed funds and deleted public records, an investigation by AL.com and ProPublica found. Holes were drilled through government-issued...

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4 years

Just spotted a lone protester leading a post-rally march of her own down Church Street.

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I know it's Christmas and everything, but I just interviewed the guy who left the horse manure/poop outside @stevenmnuchin1 's house, thanks to a random tip from an awesome and randomly well-connected friend.

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For anyone not taking this seriously yet, I just found out a dear family friend in her early 50s started feeling sick Friday morning, was admitted into a Brooklyn hospital Sunday & passed away due to COVID-19 later that day before they could get her a respirator. Please stay home

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In 2009, Kevin Greeson was a union leader who traveled from Alabama to cheer at Obama’s inauguration. On Jan. 6, Greeson died while supporting Trump in the Capitol unrest. My latest for @aldotcom & @propublica , on how Greeson was radicalized

How an Alabama man went from Obama supporter to dying in the Capitol insurrection

Over 12 years, Kevin Greeson went from attending President Barack Obama’s inauguration to dying on Jan. 6 in the mob protesting Donald Trump’s election loss during the Capitol insurrection.

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It was an honor to write this remembrance of Bruce Boynton. The longtime civil rights attorney sparked the Freedom Rides and eventual end of Jim Crow when he refused to leave a “white” area of a bus station in 1958 and took the case to the Supreme Court.

Alabama civil rights icon Bruce Boynton, who inspired Freedom Rides, dies at 83

Boynton succumbed to cancer at a Montgomery hospital Monday morning at the age of 83.

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Alabama’s coronavirus response in two tweets

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NEW: In Morgan County, Alabama, plea deals are conditioned on defendants signing away the right to ever say they don’t have enough money to pay court-ordered fines, fees & restitution - or jail time awaits. Experts say that’s illegal & unconstitutional.

When plea deals hinge on promising to always have money for court fees

Criminal defendants in Morgan County who accept plea deals often sign away their right to argue they don't have enough money to pay down fines, fees and restitution.

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BREAKING: Harper Lee has passed away at the age of 89

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Rally in the Crestwood Elementary athletic field has officially concluded. Crowd dispersing. Unclear if there are further plans for the evening but it appears most people are leaving 1.5 hours before Mountain Brook’s curfew begins.

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Here's my story w/ @dennispillion on the protest in Mountain Brook earlier today

Hundreds attend Mountain Brook rally for George Floyd

Several hundred people stood, sat and kneeled in the Alabama sun Thursday afternoon in Mountain Brook to protest racial injustice and remember George Floyd.

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BREAKING: Judge orders Alabama not to destroy voting records in Tuesday's Senate election

Update: State Supreme Court stays order directing Alabama not to destroy voting records

A judge directed Alabama election officials Monday afternoon to preserve all digital ballot images in Tuesday's hotly contested U.S. Senate special election.

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3 years

Final night in Birmingham after 6 1/2 years. Leaving for L.A. in a moving truck in the morning. I’m gonna miss this town.

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Wow. A pregnant Birmingham woman was shot & her unborn baby died. Now, after prosecutors couldn’t get an indictment against their suspect in the shooting, they‘re charging the mother with manslaughter bc she started the altercation that led to the shooting

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Breaking: Records obtained by @latimes reveal that government officials knew about the oil off the O.C. coast more than 10 hours before Amplify Energy reported it to authorities. The public wasn't notified about the oil spill until hours after that.

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Officials knew about oil off O.C. coast Friday evening, well before public was notified scoop by @anitachabria @LAcrimes @ConnorASheets @RosannaXia

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“I’m an angry black woman. Our black men are being killed at alarming rates. I deserve to be an angry black woman ... We don’t just want justice, we demand justice.” - Alabama activist Gabby Bowie to crowd here in Mountain Brook just now

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Jailhouse audio shows that as an Alabama inmate languished in need of emergency care, the jail administrator discussed ways local authorities could avoid paying her bill. She died the next day. Listen to the recording in part 2 of my latest investigation

An Inmate Needed Emergency Medical Help. The Jail’s Response: See if She Has Insurance.

Audio obtained by AL.com and ProPublica shows the jail administrator wanted to see if they would be responsible for an inmate’s medical bills before sending her to the hospital. She died a day later.

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@annejumps @zeynep here's the airport in Birmingham, Alabama

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Massive crane currently approaching the 54-foot-tall confederate monument in Linn Park that Birmingham Mayor Woodfin promised yesterday the city would take down by tomorrow at noon

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Introducing little Elliott Malcolm Sheets, born Oct. 18, 2019, here in Birmingham, AL!! 😍❤️😍

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But I‘m very aware that many others are having a hard time. And I want to say that though I don’t have all the answers (or any, really), I’m happy to talk to anyone who could use a sympathetic, non-judgmental ear. Thanks for indulging these personal thoughts. My DMs are open.

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This is insane. Sources tell me this is happening in Alabama, reportedly occurring in courtrooms elsewhere

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Hundreds of people are lined up here at Alabama State University in Montgomery, the only site in Alabama where the Dept. of Labor is helping ppl w/ many basic unemployment claim issues, most of which can’t be handle via phone or online. People started lining up at 7 pm last night

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PSA: @MetOpera is now offering free HD streams of a different opera each day. They‘ll each be available for 20 hrs starting at 7:30 pm ET nightly. If you’re not a big opera person, today’s stream is one of the best & most accessible: Puccini’s La Bohème

The Metropolitan Opera to Begin Streaming Operas For Free

Carmen, La Bohème, and La Traviata are all slated for next week.

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UPDATE: I just got off the phone w/ the Alabama musician who "volunteered" in a FB post "to shoot" immigrants. Says his band kicked him out & venues canceled 3 solo shows "all for voicing my opinion, and yes, it was harsh, but it was just an opinion"

Ala. musician's shows cancelled over anti-immigrant post

Birmingham musician Phillip McCain has brought on the wrath of social media users who are upset about an expletive-laced Facebook post he made offering "to shoot" immigrants.

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Perman Hardy is Lowndes County, Alabama's one-woman get out-the-vote operation. The former sharecropper drives ppl to polls & convinces reluctant ppl to vote. Plus she lines up absentee ballots for ppl working on Election Day & local kids away at college, which she explains here:

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Whole crowd just briefly took a knee.

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ICYMI: Felons across Alabama were improperly barred from voting in this election. @SarahWhitesk & I discovered widespread voter suppression in the form of state & local officials wrongly telling felons who have the right to vote that they‘re ineligible.

In Alabama, some felons are wrongly being barred from voting

Hundreds or even thousands of felons are being improperly denied the right to vote across Alabama, according to officials and advocates.

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BREAKING: Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill admits affair, won’t run for U.S. Senate: ‘There’s no excuse’ - by @WarOnDumb and me for @aldotcom

Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill admits affair, won’t run for U.S. Senate: ‘There’s no...

Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill on Wednesday afternoon told AL.com that he had “an inappropriate relationship” with a 44-year-old woman and will not make an anticipated run for the U.S....

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Epic, important piece of journalism about what’s happening in Honduras and other Central American countries to drive people to flee northward despite the great dangers and costs of doing so. This one’s a must-read

Opinion | Pay or Die (Published 2019)

MS-13 and 18th Street gangsters want to run Honduras. Cutting off American aid isn’t going to stop them.

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By day, Bianca Ambrosia says she wears a mask as she works on an Alabama hospital’s COVID floor. But by night, she frequents packed bars & mostly wears no mask: “How are you going to have a drink with a mask on?” My dispatch from Birmingham’s packed bars:

Maskless patrons pack Birmingham bars as COVID-19 surges

Most bars in Birmingham require customers to wear masks upon entry, but many people inside some of popular night spots took them off when they sat down to drink Friday night and Saturday morning....

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Merrill was seen as a GOP frontrunner to fill the seat Richard Shelby will vacate in the U.S. Senate next year. His campaign website features "Merrill for Senate" insignias and is "paid for by John H Merrill for U.S. Senate."

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Thread: Here's the real story about felons signing up in droves to vote in Alabama. @MooreSenate blamed this on "Democrat operatives," but that couldn't be farther from the truth 1/

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For me, I’m fortunate that the pandemic was a period of reduced alcohol consumption, so quitting has been easier for me than it is for many. My worst drinking periods were years ago, so this was more a decision based on health, self-improvement and waning interest.

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Some kind West Coast folks got together and made a @gofundme crowdsourcing page for Perman Hardy, the Lowndes County, Alabama woman I wrote about (story link in next tweet in this thread) who drove dozens of voters to the polls yesterday.

Help Alabama Voting Rights Activist, organized by Jack Wanderman

"That's my goal is to make sure everyone votes. That's always been my goal. This i… Jack Wanderman needs your support for Help Alabama Voting Rights Activist

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To sum up today's events: The city of Birmingham, Alabama, commenced the dismantling & removal of a 115-yr-old, 54-foot confederate memorial. Earlier, Police arrested ~12 peaceful protestors after the 7 pm curfew began. No violence. Historic day. Story TK. Some of my photos:

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I know we've all got little bandwidth for non-coronavirus stories, but if you have a minute my latest investigation looks at a unique, little-known Alabama law that requires repeat felons to carry special felon ID cards or face jail time. A mini-thread: 1/

A Little-Known State Law Says Felons Must Carry a Special ID or Go to Jail

Alabama is the only state where people with multiple felony convictions are required to register with law enforcement and carry special ID cards, legal experts say. When felons are caught without...

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To everyone who's asking, here is a post on Roy Moore's official campaign website identifying Tony Goolsby (the man physically accosting the cameraman in my video from tonight's Moore rally) as the Moore campaign's Dekalb County (Alabama) chairman:

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So I sent a long letter to Harper Lee re: 'new' book controversy. Here's her response. #prizedpossession http://t.co/yaTE2uyt4D

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Hey, @Alyssa_Milano , a reader just pointed out that you drove people to the polls on Tuesday. Meet Perman Hardy, a former sharecropper in rural Alabama who has been driving people in her impoverished, majority-black county to the polls for 25 yrs:

How a former sharecropper in an SUV helped drive Doug Jones to victory in Alabama's Black Belt

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So excited to announce that I’ll be spending the next year as a member of @ProPublica ’s Local Reporting Network! I’m honored and humbled to be selected for this incredible opportunity. Can’t wait to get to work!

ProPublica Picks 14 Newsrooms and Investigative Projects for Year 2 of Its Local Reporting Network

ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.

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Big thank you to @iamjohnoliver & @LastWeekTonight for this awesomely surreal moment

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@APStylebook As a journalist and person with a last name that ends in an S and also happens to be an actual English plural word mark me down as STRONGLY in favor of making this change! It’s more precise and avoids any questions about the writer’s intended meaning.

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Heiberger resident Donovan Melton, 31, said he voted for Biden & Doug Jones: “It’s only so much a working person can take. We need change ... It’s the working people that run the world and we get the same treatment since the beginning of time and we get nothing off the backend.”

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“You cannot love Jesus and hate me” - minister (didn’t catch her name) to crowd assembled here in Mountain Brook just now. Loud applause

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This may be obvious, but it’s worth noting that a significant portion of the US population truly believes the pandemic is a hoax, that it’s over and/or that COVID-19 is less dangerous than the flu. Not sure how we hope to beat a pandemic in the face of such widespread ignorance.

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@OHnewsroom Crime reporter: "Chillin' til there's a killin'"

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Even as small kids on trips from Maryland to my grandma’s on Long Island, my brother & I always knew we were on Staten Island when the overwhelming stench of Fresh Kills permeated the car. It’s truly amazing what‘s been done w/ the place in the past 20 yrs

How the World’s Largest Garbage Dump Evolved Into a Green Oasis (Published 2020)

The radical fix for a noxious landfill in Staten Island: Bury the trash, plant some grass and do nothing for 20 years.

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Peak Alabama journalist: meeting a source at Waffle House on a Friday night.

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Here’s my story for @aldotcom on the historic removal of a 115-year-old Confederate monument in Birmingham tonight — Obituary for a racist symbol: Birmingham takes down Confederate monument after 115 years

Obituary for a racist symbol: Birmingham takes down Confederate monument after 115 years

On Monday night, the city of Birmingham commenced the removal of one of Alabama's most prominent physical memorials to its racist history.

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Even @HillaryClinton wrote a thank you letter to Perman Hardy, the Alabama woman who I rode around w/ last month as she drove voters to the polls in the Black Belt the day @GDouglasJones beat Roy Moore in the Senate race

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@charlesornstein If you tried to create a situation that was the polar opposite of social distancing and trying to prevent community spread, it would be pretty hard to top this

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A look inside Burke West, a dorm bldg @UofAlabama is using to isolate & quarantine students who test positive for COVID. 1st photo is people in Hazmat suits delivering food (see 2nd photo) this evening. 3rd is a student’s room in Burke West. 4th is view out the student’s window.

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Lewis’ casket will proceed to Atlanta, where he will lie in state on Wednesday, then go on to his Georgia funeral on Thursday. These are historic moments honoring a great American life. Stay tuned here & @aldotcom for coverage of today’s events in Selma and Montgomery.

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I’m not an expert, but after spending the past 2 hours interviewing over 20 students, I‘m confident that the NYTimes list identifying UAB as the nation’s top college for COVID cases is in fact likely deeply misleading, as UAB said in a statement earlier today. THREAD 1/X

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Mountain Brook, Alabama

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Raw video of the horrific damage from last night’s tornado on New Castle Road here in Fultondale, Alabama. Homes and cars destroyed, families displaced, work underway to ensure people are ok, recover property and begin the cleanup process. Devastating scene.

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2 years

Happy to say it’s officially been one full year since I gave up alcohol! 🎂

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3 years

Important coverage by @GrimKim of the major coal miner strike that’s been underway outside Birmingham for nearly two months.

More Perfect Union

@MorePerfectUS

3 years

1100 coal miners at Warrior Met Coal have been on strike for 55 days. The miners accepted drastic pay cuts 6 years ago to save the mine from bankruptcy. Now Warrior Met is making hundreds of millions in revenue—but workers haven’t seen any of it.

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My mom and my mother-in-law texted me about @propublica being a Jeopardy answer within 10 seconds of one another 🙌😂🙌

ProPublica

@propublica

5 years

What is ProPublica? 🔎

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My first @latimes story made A1! The first of many shared bylines with the pro @laura_nelson .🎉

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Just drove up to the mailbox of a source’s house in a part of town I’ve never been to and snagged an envelope filled with sensitive documents for a new investigation I’m working on. This is one of those quintessential reporter moments that never gets old.

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The one and only Perman Hardy, driving voters to the polls once again here in Lowndes County, in the heart of Alabama’s rural Black Belt region

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7 years

Driving into Gadsden, Alabama, Roy Moore's home turf, just now I spotted six yards with Doug Jones signs, zero with Moore signs.

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@ConnorASheets

3 years

Finally arrived in LA and dipped my toes in the (very chilly) Pacific! After 2,600+ miles and 48 hours of driving, figured I’d stop first at the Santa Monica Pier, the western terminus of Route 66. Hello, Los Angeles!! 🎉☀️🎉

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I spent a weekend with a similar far-right “militia,” the 3 Percenters’ Alabama chapter in 2017. They did the same military cosplay. They ran “urban combat drills” w/ live ammo. They drank heavily & mishandled weapons. They were incompetent, angry, misinformed & dangerous. 1/7

Ted Corcoran (RedTRaccoon)

@RedTRaccoon

4 years

'We will not be bullied': Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear lashes out after 'patriot rally' draws armed protesters to state Capitol This was today. Note the zip ties, again. That guy isn't military, he is part of a militia.

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Almedia Rush, a 59-yr-old resident of rural Lowndes County, has an Election Day message for her fellow Alabamians: "The said we wouldn't get out the vote today but prove 'em wrong, get out and vote" #ALSen

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